abide with me

Rugby League got a shout out...

I didn't hear the rugby league bit, what exactly was said?

Very brief, hardly worth noting. Trevor Nelson said [after abide with me had finished that it's sang at the start of every challenge cup since 19-- something.

That was it.

Ta. Considering the amount of banal dump Trevor Nelson came out with over the course of the event, it's not even clear that it's a good thing.

The totally random splurge of rah-rah at the beginning was bizarre and very annoying.

On the whole the opening was rather good.

Rather looking forward to the track and field,and my little boy is wanting to watch Bolt run.

Did'nt watch a second of it, and judging by the 1st 8 pages in the daily mirror, I'm glad I never.

Well you missed something then, if only for the fact that it showcased GB as clearly the number one nation in the world when it comes to producing popular music.

Take it then we were bragging about reality show winners. Country has not produced anything of note since the Britpop era of the 90s.

Coldplay are one of the worlds biggest bands of the last decade

1929. Trevor Nelson wasn't too bad, but Hazel Irvine is a bit of a 'thrush.'

The queen looked well cheesed off.. Bet she was thinking what am i doing here when i can be at the challenge cup final on august 25th

was better than what i thought..was expecting the cameras to single out every so called celeb going but thankfully it concentrated on the ceremoney...like listening to the info on the smaller lesser heard countries...

First of all that hardly matters as they were referencing the entire history of popular music. Second of all it may not be to my taste by Tiny Tempah and other grime artists are kicking ass right now big time. Third of all forget about reality shows and go out and hear some live music. Some fantastic bands out there if you'll give them a shot.

Womens beach volleyball on at the moment on BBC 17

Get a box of tissues....

Whatever turns you on, as it is now the Mens Volleyball

There are so many sports that shouldn't be in the Olympics. This doesn’t come from me but I think it sums it up completely.

“If the Olympics isn’t the most important event for your sport then your sport shouldn’t be in the Olympics.”

There you go, that should be the only criteria used when deciding if a sport should be included. Tennis, golf and football can go and do one.

I enjoyed the opening ceremony, but where was Daley Thompson speeding up the Thames with the torch? Where were all our great Olympians? FFS David Beckham! Please explain that to me.

Maybe stop the World Cups of all tournaments and make the Olympics the pinnacle for everyone?

The BBC coverage is first class

Rather enjoyed the swimming last night plus some of volleyball.

Lookinf forward to the track and field starting. I wasn't overly bothered about the olympics but now am enjoying it a little bit than i thought i would.

Not managed to watch much, but that David Bond has come in for some huge criticism over some articles/reports on the cycling.

There was next to no info on yesterday's race and the BBC are blaming the official Olympic broadcaster as some of the live stuff is done in house (I.e. not by the BBC). It was a joke - very sporadic info on gap between the breakaway group and peloton or ID of cyclists. Imagine watching footy these days and they only told you the score or time to play every 20 mins!

That was dreadful, even the commentators were annoyed about the lack of info, and it ruined the whole race - you had no idea whether the peloton ( containing the Brits) could catch the leaders before the finsh or not. I walked away in disgust in the end.

Not so bad, i was reading the complaints, in 300 and odd comments one person backs him and the rest absolutely rip in to him, deserved too.